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Stop the privatization of our public health care
Ontario funds its public hospitals at the lowest rate in Canada. Every service that has been cut from our public hospitals has been...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 4, 2024


Ontario edging toward American health care model — health coalition
Ontario Health Coalition plans a May 30 protest. 'We're very close. If people don't care about their health care it's going to happen and...

Stu Campaigne
Apr 30, 2024


Ford could break Ontario’s fractured home-care system
Just as the province sees an explosion in demand for home care, it is plunging this service into chaos. By Erin Ariss, Fred Hahn and J.P....

Erin Ariss
Apr 24, 2024


Ford government wins battle to keep health-care staffing shortage figures secret
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello Global News Posted April 24, 2024 The Ford government has won a privacy battle to keep the extent of its...

Isaac Callan
Apr 24, 2024


Who is supposed to protect us from such scams?
Mike Suta’s wife was charged $3,000 for cataract surgery: “The optometrist told her there was a two-year wait to get the surgery....

Ontario Health Coalition
Apr 19, 2024


“I’ve been a family doctor for more than 20 years. Now, I have no choice but to close my practice
Rising costs, new administrative duties and subsequent burnout have made it impossible for physician Fan-Wah Mang to keep her Mississauga...

Anthony Milton
Apr 18, 2024


For-Profit Healthcare: Who Really Pays the Price?
Doug Ford is following the lead of Alberta and B.C. by implementing for-profit healthcare. Now we know that the cost to patients and...

Green Party of Ontario
Apr 15, 2024


Care Not Profit
On April 12, ONA members and allies will join all-out information pickets in communities across the province. These pickets will show our...

Ontario Nurses' Association
Apr 9, 2024


Province denies application for new family doctor in Elmvale
Springwater Township and family physician had lease agreement ready to go Apr 5, 2024 1:30 PM Working quietly behind the scenes for a...

Wayne Doyle
Apr 8, 2024


Doug Ford, are you listening?
No surprise, Alberta’s privatized surgery clinics don’t seem to be doing anything to reduce wait times UCP promises unmet, NDP health...

David Climenhaga
Apr 8, 2024


Credit Card or Health Card?
Posted April 6, 2024 Join the call to stop privatization NOW! All across the country, the majority of Canadians oppose the privatization...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Apr 6, 2024


Extra billing sometimes a ‘misunderstanding,’ Ontario health minister says
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello Global News Posted March 28, 2024 6:00 am As Ontario continues to significantly expand the role of...

Isaac Callan
Apr 1, 2024


Ontario budget pours $2B into home care, but critics say it ignores long ER wait times
But critics said it doesn't put enough new cash into the health-care system to shorten long emergency room wait times or help people find...

Rob Ferguson
Mar 27, 2024


Health care budget increase for 2024-25 is below the cost of inflation at 1.3
Ontario pledges almost $50 billion over 10 years for health care in 2024 budget. The province is also committing to build 58,000 new...

Barbara Patrocinio
Mar 27, 2024


Giant Protest & March: The fightback is on to save public health care
Posted: March 18, 2024 Thursday May 30 12 pm noon The Fightback is On Either we save our public medicare now, or we are going to lose it...

Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 20, 2024


Home Care Roundtable
To discuss the current state of home care in Ontario and what needs to be done to fix it, local Ontario Liberals and the Waterloo Region...

Ontario Liberal Party
Mar 13, 2024


Can more for-profit health care be stopped?
Health care delivery is changing throughout the country March 13, 2023 The new health accord between Ottawa and the provinces provides...

Marjorie Griffin Cohen
Mar 13, 2024


Want more family doctors in Ontario? Pay them better, say physicians
Inflation has outpaced average OHIP billings, prompting some doctors to opt out of family practice Mar 11, 2024 As the number of people...

Mike Crawley
Mar 11, 2024


Frustrated parents raise home care concerns
Failure of the for-profit health-care system Tina Senior and Daniel Brousseau said the quality of care they are receiving for their...

Len Gillis
Mar 9, 2024


Why is there still a wage gap concern for women in the Ontario health care sector? Ford's attack on women's wages
Public sector health unions in Ontario said the gender wage gap for women is getting worse New research suggests Conservative Premier...

Sudbury.com Staff
Mar 9, 2024
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